Recipe: Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

My oldest son recently turned 8 years old. Almost every year I let the kids pick a cake for me to make (with 4 kids, I need a break from cake making from time to time). They choose the flavor cake, filling, and design, and I make it.

This year Logan wanted Captain America’s Shield, chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.I have decided I hate making boxed cakes and utilize google search and pinterest to find tasty cake recipes to make from scratch. This year I found a great recipe for chocolate cake and another amazing recipe for peanut butter buttercream frosting. SO good!

– Add confectioners’ sugar and salt; beat at medium-low speed until most of the sugar is moistened, about 45 seconds.

– Scrape down bowl and beat at medium speed until mixture is fully combined, about 15 seconds.

– Scrape bowl, add vanilla and heavy cream, and beat at medium speed until incorporated, about 10 seconds, then increase speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes, scraping down bowl once or twice.